Route 209 in Bushkill to close next week

Road work will close a portion of Route 209 in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area daily for about two weeks starting Tuesday.

Park Superintendent John Donahue said flooding and high water have undermined the road near Bushkill Creek in Lehman Township. A nearby power line is also unstable.

“It needs to be dealt with quickly, before it becomes a bigger job, a more difficult job,” Donahue said Thursday.

Route 209 will close from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily from Bushkill Falls south to the light at Fernwood Resort. The detour will follow Creek Road and return to Route 209 on Winona Falls Road at the southern end of the Fernwood property. The detour isn’t substantially longer than Route 209, but it’s along smaller roads and likely will take a bit longer.

“It will be inconvenient, but you’ll be able to get where you have to go,” he said.

Donahue estimated the work would take about two weeks.Another nearby road is currently closed.

Brodhead Road in Bushkill has a The 5- by 10-foot sinkhole and will be closed indefinitely. An engineer will determine how long it will take to repair the road.

If the two repair projects happen at the same time, it will create a lot of frustration for Bushkill drivers.